Spotlighting Academic Library Innovation: Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Preservation Project
Technology and librarianship go hand in hand. In fact, a strong relationship between an institution’s IT department and library can usher in innovative projects and patron-friendly solutions. At Baylor University, this interconnection allowed the library to bolster its digitization efforts, leading to new partnerships and opportunities. One such opportunity included the Black Gospel Music Preservation Project (BGMPP), which works to digitize—and therefore preserve—audio recordings of Black gospel music groups.
In this four-part series, three academic librarians join The Authority File to chat about innovations that help improve services, connect with the community, or put their library on the map. In this third episode, Darryl Stuhr, Director of Digitization and Digital Preservation Services at Baylor University, discusses the inception and development of Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Preservation Project. First, Darryl explains how an NPR Fresh Air interview, a generous donation, and the strong connection between Baylor’s libraries and IT helped get the project off the ground. He also digs into the library’s longstanding push toward digitization, and the recognition and archival opportunities that arose from BGMPP. Last, Martha Sedgwick, who heads up SAGE Publishing’s new division Technology from SAGE, chats about how SAGE’s Quartex platform and handwritten text recognition software—both developed by Adam Matthew—contribute to archival work.
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